Blame Democratic Party incompetence for Palisades destruction

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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed all their state’s reservoirs were full when Los Angeles started to burn this year, but that is not true. The Santa Ynez Reservoir, built specifically to protect Pacific Palisades from firestorms whipped up by Santa Ana winds, was bone dry when the fire began on Jan. 7. 

Why it lay empty as firefighters ran out of water is an indictment of federal overregulation and slavish Democratic adherence to bureaucratic processes that defy reason and common sense.

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